16:45 LRN Sportscast January 11th

New Orleans native Vance Joseph is the new head coach of the Denver Broncos. The former Archbishop Shaw quarterback has agreed to a four-year deal and becomes the franchise’s first African-American permanent head coach.

Former LSU Coach Les Miles told Stephen A Smith on ESPN’s First Take that he’d be willing to coach at a Group Five School. Western Michigan currently has an opening. Miles says playing for a championship year in and year out is great, but he also likes taking a group of guys and making them better.

In football recruiting, Texas quarterback Zadock Dinkelmann has decommitted from LSU. He committed to the Tigers in 2014 and is a member of the 2018 class. However the Tigers welcomed several early enrolles today, including former St. James Quarterback Lowell Narcisse and Tenneesse defensive back Jacoby Stevens, who is considered the nation’s top safety prospect for the Class of 2017.

LSU baseball is ranked number two in Perfect Game USA’s preseason Top 25 poll. TCU is ranked number one, who LSU is scheduled to play March 3rd in Houston. The Ragin Cajuns are ranked 13th in the Perfect Game poll.

In college hoops tonight, LSU will face a Texas A-and-M Aggies team that was predicted to finish third in the SEC, but they are off to an 0-3 start in league play. But Tigers Coach Johnny Jones says A&M is one of the better shooting teams in the conference…
cut 18 (20) “…they play”
The Tigers are 1-and-2 in league play and they have had trouble stopping other teams from scoring. Tip-off is at 7:30 on the SEC Network.